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.TH GNU "1" "December 2018" "diffutils 3.7" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
GNU sdiff \- side-by-side merge of file differences
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sdiff
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE1 FILE2\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Side\-by\-side merge of differences between FILE1 and FILE2.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
operate interactively, sending output to FILE
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
consider upper\- and lower\-case to be the same
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-tab\-expansion\fR
ignore changes due to tab expansion
.TP
\fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-trailing\-space\fR
ignore white space at line end
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-space\-change\fR
ignore changes in the amount of white space
.TP
\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-all\-space\fR
ignore all white space
.TP
\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-blank\-lines\fR
ignore changes whose lines are all blank
.TP
\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-matching\-lines\fR=\fIRE\fR
ignore changes all whose lines match RE
.TP
\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-cr\fR
strip trailing carriage return on input
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-text\fR
treat all files as text
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUM\fR
output at most NUM (default 130) print columns
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-left\-column\fR
output only the left column of common lines
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-suppress\-common\-lines\fR
do not output common lines
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-expand\-tabs\fR
expand tabs to spaces in output
.TP
\fB\-\-tabsize\fR=\fINUM\fR
tab stops at every NUM (default 8) print columns
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-minimal\fR
try hard to find a smaller set of changes
.TP
\fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-speed\-large\-files\fR
assume large files, many scattered small changes
.TP
\fB\-\-diff\-program\fR=\fIPROGRAM\fR
use PROGRAM to compare files
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
If a FILE is '\-', read standard input.
Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Thomas Lord.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-diffutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU diffutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
cmp(1), diff(1), diff3(1)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B GNU
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B GNU
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info GNU
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
